Black Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Boil all ingredients for 1½ hours or untill everything is soft and pulpy.
• Bottle in sterilized bottles.

Steps:

• Heat the vegetable oil over moderate heat.
• Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes, or until the onion is soft and light golden brown.
• Add the remaining ingredients, and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
• (The sauce will thicken slightly).
• Serve warm.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the salt, oyster sauce, soy sauce, and honey and mix well to make a marinade. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels and put it in the marinade bowl. Rub the marinade on the chicken, going into every nook and cranny, inside and outside, and over and under the skin. Transfer the chicken to a gallon-size resealable plastic bag. Scrape every bit of the marinade into the bag, too. Seal the bag, and place it in the back of the refrigerator, where it is coldest, for 12 to 24 hours, flipping the bag a few times to make sure the marinade gets to every part of the bird.
• When you are about to roast the chicken, take it out of the refrigerator and let it come to room temperature. Position an oven rack at the very bottom of the oven, then preheat the oven to 400°F.
• In a mortar or small chopper, grind together the garlic, cilantro roots, and peppercorns to a smooth paste. Rub the paste all over the chicken the same way you did the marinade. Tuck the wings behind the bird's back and tie the legs together at the ankles with kitchen string. Rub the outside of the chicken with the oil. Place the chicken on its side in a shallow baking pan (preferably fitted with a rack).
• Roast the chicken for 30 minutes. Turn down the temperature to 375°F, turn the chicken onto its other side, and continue to roast until the juices run clear when you pierce the inside of a thigh with the tip of a knife, 20 to 30 minutes longer. (If some parts of the chicken brown too soon during the baking, you can cover it loosely with an aluminum-foil tent.)
• Let the chicken rest in the pan for 30 minutes (no less than that) before separating into bone-in breast quarters, thighs, and drumsticks. Serve with sweet chile sauce and rice.

Steps:

• Rinse black beans thoroughly and dry. Remove about 1/4 cup and set aside. Roughly chop the rest of the beans.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add chiles, shallot, ginger, and garlic. Fry until soft and fragrant, about 5 minutes. Do not let the ingredients burn. Reduce the heat if necessary. The objective is to slow cook the ingredients. Add all the beans; both chopped and whole. Simmer, stirring often, until the beans are soft, about 2 minutes. Add tamari, rice wine, brown sugar, ground Sichuan pepper, and five spice. Simmer until thickened, stirring often. Remove from heat; let cool, about 10 minutes.
• Mix in sesame oil and cover. As the sauce rests, the beans will settle and the oil will float, creating a barrier which will protect it from mold. The sauce is ready to use or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.